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culture. This trip will accommodate a maximum of TEN delegates from universities in Washington State. Registration is now open and we encourage you to register as early as you can due to limited availability. Proposed Activities Beijing 1. Visit Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban); 2. Visit Universities in Beijing (Institutions TBD); 3. Guided Culture Study Tour in Beijing (Recommended cultural heritages) Great Wall of China The Forbidden City Tiananmen Square, etc. Shenzhen 1. Visit

LUTHERAN HIGHER EDUCATION AT PLU is a distinct form of rigorous higher education that asks students to bring their whole self to their education and clarify their life’s vocation. Distinct Form of Higher Education Our context: Highly secular and diverse in terms of religion, culture, and race. This context makes us work harder to define and embody Lutheran Higher Education because one cannot fall back on religious or cultural commonality. It is an advantage because it makes us a leader in

audiences. Culture, History, and Power. Students will read diverse texts within their historical and cultural contexts, developing a critical understanding of how literature can both uphold and resist existing structures of power. Critical Approaches. Students will deploy ideas from works of criticism and theory in their own reading and writing. Research. Students will identify topics and formulate questions, identify appropriate methods and sources for research, and engage ethically with sources. Oral

educational practices, and build collaborative exchanges among individuals, schools, and educational organizations. Pacific Lutheran University seeks proposals from Namibian educators who want to further grow connections with U.S. educators as a way of building cultural exchanges, and fostering collaboration and collegial practices focused on improving instructional practice and student learning. In July, six selected participants will host U.S. PLU Alumni teachers for two weeks in Namibian classrooms

Violence, Holocaust and Genocide Studies at University College London Bio: Joanna Michilic is a social and cultural historian, and founder and first Director of HBI (Hadassah-Brandeis Institute) Project on Families, Children, and the Holocaust at Brandeis University. Currently, she is an Honorary Senior Research Associate at the UCL Centre for the Study of Collective Violence, the Holocaust and Genocide, UCL Institute for Advances Studies. Conference ScheduleThis January she will begin her appointment

Creation of University Diversity Committee approved by the Faculty. This standing committee, responsible for oversight of the diversity effort, is supplemented by the Diversity Committee for Cultural and Educational Programming.

Western Washington University. After graduation, I spent a year as a temporary processing archivist for the National Park Service in Tucson, Arizona.  During my time there, I was processing records for Mesa Verde National Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, and Grand Teton National Park. My studies in archaeology came in handy here, as many of the records were archaeological reports and studies. I was recently hired as Archivist at the Point No Point Treaty Council in Poulsbo, which provides natural

to promoting stronger commercial, educational, and cultural engagement with China. Jim Mockford President, Northwest China Council Established 1980. Our mission is to promote a greater understanding of Chinese history, culture, business, and contemporary affairs in the Pacific Northwest. 10:45AM - 12:00 Noon Panel 2: Cultural Connections Paul Manfredi Professor of Chinese, Pacific Lutheran University Zhu Yuming Poet, painter Lü De’an Poet, painter Zhang Er Poet, Librettist, Tacoma Method 12:00PM